California Teacher Stabbed to Death in Front of Students in Park

LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) — A California man was jailed Sunday, accused of fatally stabbing the grandmother of his children in a park in front of her grade school students, police said.

Long Beach teacher Kellye Taylor, 53, was slain about 1:30 p.m. PDT Friday in Orizaba Park while sitting in a folding chair as her 24 elementary school students played around her, KABC-TV, Los Angeles, reported.

The park is across the street from the Huntington Academy, a small private school owned by her mother where Taylor taught.

Steven Brown, 50, of Long Beach was arrested on suspicion of murder shortly afterward, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported. He was being held on $1 million bail, KABC-TV said.

Police and witnesses said Taylor was stabbed in the neck.

About 100 friends, family members, former students and police officers attended a vigil for Taylor in the park Saturday, the Press-Telegram said.